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How to Build a Smart DIY Charging Station with LED Notifications

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Smartphones, tablets and other portable electronics have become important parts of our daily life. As smart and as useful as they are, they do have a downside, they need to be charged quite often and that leaves us with chargers and cables that get tangled up and make a mess. It’s about time we solved this problem and the solution is simpler than you’d think: a DIY charging station.

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This DIY charging station was built out of a necessity to find a spot for the three tablets constantly roaming our house from my wife and I’s three small roommates. I wanted it to be a fun woodworking project but mix in some cool technology.

Enter the LEDs and arduino project. It was my first time working with arduino projects and current sensors and I didn’t get it exactly right. Watch the video from Fix This Build That for more info:

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But I learned a few new things about electronics projects and this DIY charging table is going to be just what our family needs to organize the cell phones and tablets.

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